What are Here- There legalese words?
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Dear Legal English Learners,
🤓 In this week’s video, we look at Here- and There- legalese words like herein, thereon, hereinafter, hereby, and so on. These are words you will see in contracts and other legal documents, so it is important to understand them.
Make sure you watch until the end for a quiz to test your knowledge. 🤓 📃
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Key Timings in the Video:
✅ 00:00 Introduction
✅ 01:03 What are Here- and There- words?
✅ 01:47 Should you understand them?
✅ 02:01 Formation
✅ 02:59 Here- words: meanings and examples
✅ 05:46 There- words: meanings and examples
✅ 11:18 Should you use these words?
✅ 12:54 What experts say
✅ 14:47 Why are these words ambiguous?
✅ 16:05 How to use them with more precision
✅ 17:30 How can you be more precise using alternatives?
✅ 19:05 The Ken Adams Exception: "Hereby"
✅ 19:50 Contract drafting language
✅ 20:13 QUIZ! Plain English to Legalese
✅ 23:38 Answers
✅ 24:34 QUIZ! Legalese to Plain English
✅ 25:36 Answers
📙LINKS Mentioned
Ken Adams' article and post on LinkedIn
A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting, Fifth Edition 5th Edition
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Best wishes,
Louise Kulbicki